1. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Taoiseach the number of SME’s operating, by county for each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [44075/25]
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2. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Taoiseach the details on the number of people employed by SME’s, by county for each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [44076/25]
3. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Department has estimated or recorded the number of procurement…
4. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of all public private partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start-end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40739/25]
5. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Taoiseach if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies. [40740/25]
6. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis. [40888/25]
7. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through its agencies. [41066/25]
8. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; and how fees are monitored for compliance. [41512/25]
9. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer. [41530/25]
10. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41548/25]
11. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41566/25]
12. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41584/25]
13. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; and, if not, the reason such options are not considered. [41602/25]
14. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41620/25]
15. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Taoiseach the number of Irish citizens who moved abroad each year since 2015. [41649/25]
16. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Taoiseach the number of new arrivals in Ireland, broken down by country of nationality since 2015. [41650/25]
17. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Taoiseach the unemployment figures for County Clare for 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2025; the unemployment figures nationwide for the same dates [41697/25]
18. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the breakdown of tourism revenue from international visitors over the past three years; the data on countries of origin and sectors that benefited the most; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42348/25]
19. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach to outline the current unemployment rate, including youth unemployment statistics; how these figures have shifted in response to recent economic policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42369/25]
20. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Taoiseach for an update as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a new strategy Global Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42444/25]
21. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42473/25]
22. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach the engagement he has had with the British Prime Minister in relation to legacy legislation, especially in view of reported pushback against the Prime Minister’s plan to repeal such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42670/25]
23. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Taoiseach to outline how the recommendations of the Dublin City Taskforce will impact the south inner city; if the task force has an increased focus on the north inner city relative to the southside; if the recommendations will lead to the regeneration of Pearse House; and how the recommendations will lead to increased focus on urban regeneration of derelict buildings in the south inn…
24. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the progress of the annexe of actions contained within each annual climate action plan; to provide a breakdown of which actions are completed, are in progress and-or remain outstanding, by year, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [43014/25]
25. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when the progress report for quarter 2 of the climate action plan 2025 will be published. [43044/25]